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PBS' investigative series FRONTLINE launched a new immersive documentary on Facebook 360, transporting viewers to war-torn South Sudan where more than 2,8 million people are suffering a hunger crisis, and near 40,000 are on the brink of starvation. We spoke to Benedict Moran, one of the filmmakers behind this challenging production.

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Houston and the entire US economy face unprecedented dangers as the nation's largest refining and petrochemical complex is unprepared for the next hurricane to hit the region, according to an investigative multimedia project launched by ProPublica today. It points out the astonishing lack of urgency among leaders to prevent the disaster from happening.

In partnership with ProPublica, a team at USC Annenberg are using the latest VR technologies in an attempt to wake up people to a potential disaster that is heading their way.

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In his first public appearance in Europe after becoming Google’s CEO, Sundar Pichai made important product announcements aimed at publishers, including the launch of Project Shield and the second round of the Google Digital News Initiatives (DNI). He also answered questions about user data and his upcoming meeting with the European Commission.

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The Week UK recently launched 'The WeekDay', becoming one of the first publishers to deliver a news app with videos created primarily for mobile use. The content is created with a mobile audience in mind, and later adapted for distribution on social media.

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It is just 20 months since the Dutch startup first launched its journalism micropayment system in The Netherlands and now it plans to enter the US market with an English-language version. Users will be able to start using the beta version early 2016, Blendle's Head of International Duco van Lanschot said in New York on Wednesday.

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There was no plan. David Callaway, Editor-in-Chief of USA Today, remembered his answer a year ago when his then-publisher, Larry Kramer, asked him what plans he had for the upcoming technological change in cars. “They expect a new form of cars in a couple of years with radically different audio systems and more interactive experience,” said Callaway. “They will need a lot of content.”

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Has innovation really replaced strategy as the prime preoccupation of top media managers? It's not that simple... and if that were true, news publishers should by all means build up the appropriate financial capacity to rethink their innovation culture, advance their best innovations to the market, and look beyond the promises of the Google Digital News Initiative (DNI). DNI's launch highlights the existence of programs such as Horizon 2020 and many national innovation frameworks that also can support this quest.